ގާ

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaː/, [ɡaː]

Etymology 1

Suffix

ގާ • (-gā)

1. in, on

Alternative forms

• ގަ (ga)
• ގައި (gai)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit गिरि (giri, “a mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground”). Cognate to Sinhalese ගල (gala). Doublet of ގަލާ (galā) and ގިރި (giri)

Noun

ގާ • (gā) (plural ގާތައް (gātak̊))

1. stone, rock

   Synonym: ހިލަ (hila)

Alternative forms

• ގައު (gau)
• ގަލެ (gale) – Huvadhu
• ގަލް (gal) – Mulaku

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ގާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 94